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Jonathan Wadsworth awarded CBE in New Year’s honours

Congratulations to Jonathan Wadsworth, who has been recognised in the New Year Honours List 2026.
Photograph of Professor Philippe Aghion - awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize. Credit: LSE/Simon Williams https://digitalassets.lse.ac.uk/c/asset/21697
Philippe Aghion wins Nobel Prize in economic sciences

Congratulations to Philippe Aghion, who has been awarded the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, along with Peter Howitt and Joel Mokyr. Photo: LSE/Simon Williams.

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The Guardian
No, private schools aren’t victims of ‘reverse discrimination’ – and Cambridge should know better

In an article for The Guardian, Lee Major Elliot writes how Trinity Hall’s plan to target elite schools sends the message that privilege equals talent, when the reality is that poorer students are already on the ba... Read more...

10 January 2026

CEP Announcement
Jonathan Wadsworth awarded CBE in New Year's honours

Congratulations to Jonathan Wadsworth, professor of economics at Royal Holloway, University of London and associate of the Centre for Economic Performance who has been recognised in the New Year Honours List 2026. Profe... Read more...

5 January 2026

Financial Times
Why Immigration Policy is Hard - a guide to breaking out of the 'infernal circle'

Anyone who thinks they know how rich countries should frame their rules on immigration should read economist Alan Manning's carefully balanced guide to the complexities of the subject, writes Delphine Strauss. ... Read more...

28 December 2025

Project Syndicate
Only creative destruction will boost European competitiveness

Philippe Aghion writes about how major geopolitical developments have forced Europeans to rethink how they will ensure their own prosperity, security and sovereignty. Arguing that policymakers must not take innovation fo... Read more...

10 December 2025

Financial Times
Why the small boats won't stop

FT columnist Stephen Bush describes Alan Manning's new book as "fantastic, accessible and wittily written" in this column examining changes to the asylum and immigration system. ... Read more...

17 November 2025

The Observer
Young people need a clear path to apprenticeships

Richard Layard writes for The Observer on the necessity for the Labour government to make youth apprenticeships a priority. ... Read more...

9 November 2025

CEP Announcement
Anna Valero appointed as Industrial Strategy adviser

Congratulations to Anna Valero, distinguished policy fellow at LSE and director of CEP's growth programme, who has been appointed as industrial strategy adviser to the chancellor. Dr Valero, a growth and productivity ex... Read more...

23 October 2025

BBC One
Panorama: The race to build 1.5 million homes

Paul Cheshire features in this investigation into the UK's housing crisis and whether the government's promise to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029 can be met. ... Read more...

20 October 2025

The Financial Times
Economics Nobel Prize awarded for explaining innovation-driven growth

The 2025 Nobel Prize for Economics has been awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Agion and Peter Howitt for their efforts in explaining how innovation impacts economic growth. ... Read more...

13 October 2025

New York Times
Three Share Nobel in Economics for Work on How Technology Drives Growth

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the prize for showing how “society must keep an eye on the factors that generate and sustain economic growth,” an award committee member said. ... Read more...

13 October 2025

The Guardian
Trio win Nobel economics prize for work on technology-driven growth

Joel Mokyr has warned of ‘dark clouds’ amid Trump tariffs, while Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have written about role of ‘creative destruction’. ... Read more...

13 October 2025

CEP Announcement
Philippe Aghion wins Nobel Prize in economic sciences

Congratulations to Philippe Aghion, professor at the College de France and INSEAD, and at the London School of Economics, who has been awarded the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nob... Read more...

13 October 2025

Observer
Britain's high borrowing costs and low fertility rate could trap us in a debt doom loop

Richard Davies writes for The Observer on Britain's debt problem and Rachel Reeves's biggest challenge this autumn. ... Read more...

6 October 2025

CEP Announcement
Dennis Novy begins role as chief economist at the Foreign Office

Congratulations to Dennis Novy, professor of economics at the University of Warwick and research associate in CEP's trade programme, who has been appointed as chief economist and director of analysis at the Foreign, Comm... Read more...

3 October 2025

CEP Announcement
Isabela Manelici receives European Research Council Starting Grant

A European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant has been awarded to CEP assistant professor, Isabela Manelici. With a total funding of €761 million awarded to 478 early-career researchers across Europe, ERC Start... Read more...

4 September 2025

BBC Radio 4
File on 4 Investigates - Domestic Abuse: Beyond the Checklist

Ria Ivandic, CEP associate, shares research showing that 88% of repeat cases of domestic abuse violence had previously been categorised as standard or medium risk under the DASH risk assessment, rather than high risk. ... Read more...

26 August 2025

The Observer
A 45-year view of bond markets can insure us against tomorrow's shocks

Richard Davies writes for The Observer about usefulness, and perils, of bond markets. ... Read more...

13 July 2025

BBC Radio 4
Rethink ... summer holidays

Lee Elliot Major is a guest on this edition of Rethink, talking about research recommending that the summer holidays should be cut by a week and that break taken instead in the autumn term. ... Read more...

30 June 2025

CEP Announcement
Jo Blanden awarded OBE in King's birthday honours

Congratulations to Jo Blanden, professor of economics at the University of Surrey and an associate in CEP’s education and skills programme, who has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025. P... Read more...

16 June 2025

Foreign Affairs
America's Brexit Phase

Jonathan Haskell and Matthew J Slaughter write for Foreign Affairs about Trump's tariffs and the prices of economic uncertainty. ... Read more...

10 June 2025

CEP Announcement
In Memoriam: Ghazala Azmat (1979 - 2025)

We are deeply saddened to hear that CEP associate Ghazala Azmat, Professor of Economics at Sciences Po, passed away on Saturday, 7 June. Ghazala was a leading applied microeconomist, known for her work on labour markets,... Read more...

10 June 2025

CEP Announcement
Antonin Bergeaud named Best Young Economist of France, 2025

Congratulations to Dr Antonin Bergeaud who has been named the Best Young French Economist, 2025 by Le Monde and Le Cercle des Économists. The prize is awarded to a French economist under the age of 41 in recognit... Read more...

19 May 2025

BBC
More or Less: Behind the Stats

Thomas Sampson speaks to presenter Tim Harford about the US tariffs on global trade that were announced by president Donald Trump on 2 April 2025 ... Read more...

4 April 2025

Financial Times
Apprenticeships can help fix the UK's growth problem

Richard Layard writing in the Financial Times, says that a clear commitment to train young people for work will help the government's economic agenda. ... Read more...

21 March 2025

CEP Announcement
Funding for Centre for Economic Performance to boost economic growth

The UKRI Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has awarded the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) £9.2mn for its five-year programme of work from 2025. This renewed funding will enable CEP to co... Read more...

18 March 2025

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